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John Rarick

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 29, 1924 in Waterford, IN
Died: September 14, 2009 in St. Francisville, LA

Education:

  • Attended Louisiana State University
  • Tulane University Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II
  • Was captured and later escaped from a German prison camp
  • Awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart

Career:

  • District judge, 1961-1966

Elected Office:

  • American Independent Party candidate for President, 1976, 1980


Election Results for John Rarick


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 42 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 62,969 43.4%
1966 42 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 84,988 51.2%
1966 42 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 86,958 76.6%
1968 44 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 52,686 48.8%
1968 44 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 67,119 61.8%
1968 44 LA D Governor Primary 2 179,846 17.3%
1968 44 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 100,461 79.3%
1970 46 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 57,835 58.8%
1970 46 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 36,632 100.0%
1972 48 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 69,274 61.0%
1972 48 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 84,275 100.0%
1974 50 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,672 45.2%
1974 50 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 56,710 48.4%
1976 52 LA I U.S. House District 01 General 3 12,227 9.4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for John Rarick


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1967 43 House 61 0 9 57 D 22 46 67 0 100
1968 44 House 71 0 7 52 D 16 50 62 0 100
1969 45 House 84 11 22 73 R 32 60 94 21 100
1970 46 House 61 9 19 50 R 31 48 69 0 86
1971 47 House 87 12 25 73 R 56 37 96 3 100
1972 48 House 70 13 18 62 R 30 51 71 8 100
1973 49 House 71 16 31 60 R 51 42 88 19 91
1974 50 House 60 6 9 52 R 57 40 62 7 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.